PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
919 PM CDT TUE AUG 30 2011
...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES TO BEGIN EXHIBITING A DOWNWARD TREND...
RECENT RECORD-BREAKING MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE DAYS APPEAR TO BE OVER
AS WE HEAD INTO MID-WEEK. UPPER RIDGING IS MODELED TO SHIFT NORTHWARD
AND...AFTER A DAY OF DRIER AIR FILTERING IN FROM THE EAST...MOISTURE
WILL BE ON THE RISE. LOWERING GULF PRESSURES WILL OCCUR IN TANDEM
WITH LATE WEEK HIGHER MOISTURE IN PRODUCING INCREASED RAIN CHANCES.
WHETHER THE REGION WILL BE DEALING WITH A DEVELOPING TROPICAL CYCLONE
OR NOT...THE FORECAST IS LEANING TOWARDS A MORE CLOUDY AND WET SCENARIO.
THIS WILL ULTIMATELY KEEP MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN CHECK...AVERAGE INLAND
MIDDLE 90S (NEAR 90 AT COAST) BY THE WEEKEND.
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FORECAST IS FOR ANOTHER 100-PLUS DAY FOR COLLEGE
STATION WEDNESDAY. WHEN THIS OCCURS...THE LARGEST NUMBER OF 100 DEGREE
DAYS WILL BE TIED WITH THE RECORD THAT HAS BEEN HELD FOR 94 YEARS. FOR
THE RECORD...A NEAR 100 DEGREE DAY IS FORECAST FOR THURSDAY.
HERE ARE THE FIVE WARMEST TEMPERATURES RECORDED FOR THE FOUR PRIMARY
CLIMATE SITES...UPDATED THROUGH TODAY (8/30):
CITY OF HOUSTON
HOUSTON HOBBY
109 8/27/2011 108 9/04/2000
109 9/04/2000 107 9/05/2000
108 9/05/2000 106 8/27/2011
108 8/18/1909 106 8/13/1962
107 8/29/2011 105 8/09/1962
COLLEGE CITY OF
STATION GALVESTON
112 9/04/2000 104 9/05/2000
111 9/05/2000 101 9/04/2000
110 7/11/1917 101 7/16/1932
109 8/28/2011 100 8/27/2011
109 8/27/2011 100 8/31/2000
(NOTE: 100-DEGREE TEMPERATURES HAVE ONLY OCCURRED SEVEN TIMES TOTAL
ON RECORD IN GALVESTON)
HERE ARE SOME OTHER CLIMATE RECORDS ESTABLISHED DURING THIS
RECORD BREAKING SUMMER.
MOST CONSECUTIVE 100-DEGREE DAYS AT HOUSTON (DOWNTOWN/IAH):
(RECORDS SINCE 1889)
1. 24 DAYS - ENDING 8/24/2011
2. 14 DAYS - ENDING 7/19/1980
3. 11 DAYS - ENDING 8/05/1998
4. 9 DAYS - ENDING 7/03/1980
5. 8 DAYS - ENDING 9/05/2000
6. 8 DAYS - ENDING 8/21/1993
7. 8 DAYS - ENDING 8/14/1962
8. 7 DAYS - ENDING 6/29/2009
9. 7 DAYS - ENDING 8/02/1986
10. 7 DAYS - ENDING 6/22/1902
MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS IN A YEAR FOR HOUSTON (DOWNTOWN/IAH):
(RECORDS SINCE 1889)
1. 40 DAYS - 2011 (ONGOING AS OF 8/30/2011)
2. 32 DAYS - 1980
3. 24 DAYS - 1998
4. 20 DAYS - 2000
5. 19 DAYS - 1902
6. 17 DAYS - 2009
7. 16 DAYS - 1909
8. 14 DAYS - 1993
9. 13 DAYS - 1907
10. 10 DAYS - 1999
MOST CONSECUTIVE 100-DEGREE DAYS AT COLLEGE STATION:
(RECORDS SINCE 1910)
1. 30 DAYS - ENDING 8/04/1998
2. 26 DAYS - ENDING 8/24/2011
3. 26 DAYS - ENDING 8/23/1917
4. 25 DAYS - ENDING 8/14/1937
5. 25 DAYS - ENDING 8/10/1913
6. 24 DAYS - ENDING 8/16/1944
7. 22 DAYS - ENDING 8/17/1951
8. 18 DAYS - ENDING 8/09/1958
9. 16 DAYS - ENDING 8/24/2010
10. 15 DAYS - ENDING 8/02/1914
MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS IN A YEAR FOR COLLEGE STATION:
(RECORDS SINCE 1910)
1. 58 DAYS - 1917
2. 57 DAYS - 2011 (ONGOING AS OF 8/30/2011)
3. 54 DAYS - 2009
4. 51 DAYS - 1998
5. 49 DAYS - 1913
6. 48 DAYS - 2000
7. 48 DAYS - 1925
8. 47 DAYS - 1948
9. 47 DAYS - 1937
10. 44 DAYS - 1951
MOST CONSECUTIVE 100-DEGREE DAYS AT HOUSTON/HOBBY:
(RECORDS SINCE 1931)
1. 9 DAYS - ENDING 8/14/1962
2. 7 DAYS - ENDING 9/05/2000
3. 6 DAYS - ENDING 8/15/1948
4. 4 DAYS - ENDING 8/19/2011
5. 4 DAYS - ENDING 8/11/2011
6. 4 DAYS - ENDING 7/16/2000
(STRETCH OF FOUR DAYS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL EARLIER OCCASIONS)
MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS IN A YEAR FOR HOUSTON/HOBBY:
(RECORDS SINCE 1931)
1. 17 DAYS - 2011 (ONGOING AS OF 8/29/2011)
2. 13 DAYS - 2000
3. 13 DAYS - 1998
4. 10 DAYS - 1948
5. 9 DAYS - 1962
6. 8 DAYS - 1980
7. 7 DAYS - 1951
8. 7 DAYS - 1944
9. 6 DAYS - 2009
10. 6 DAYS - 1934
MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS IN A YEAR FOR GALVESTON:
(RECORDS SINCE 1874)
3 DAYS - 2000
1 DAY - 2011...1939...1932...AND 1924
(LISTS UPDATED THROUGH MONDAY 8/29/2011)
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